Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Sleep is the best meditation.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

In meditation, we're not trying to get rid of thoughts but to recognize their true nature.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

The state of mind that exists when you sit in the right posture is, itself, enlightenment.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.